He was the only one without a date, so he felt like a fifth wheel.

他是唯一没被邀请的人，因此他感到自己很是多余。

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There is diplomacy to be done at home as well as abroad with Tory Eurosceptics who will question the worth of a referendum promise without a date attached and who will demand to know what the prime minister would do if he cannot get his way in negotiations.

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But as the United States downsizes to the smallest peacetime Army since 1939 (10 active duty divisions total), committing 15, 000 men and their associated logistics training to a mission without a termination date is a huge investment in a risky proposition.

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Without a caucus date coming up, we no longer would have that great of a need for an office staff in Des Moines.

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